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Communities Also Named Keene ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Keene.

Within Ontario, the name Keene is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Keene is located in Kern County and lies 2,209 miles [3,555 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Keene.
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keene [Chaffee County].
      • Weld County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Keene [Weld County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Keene is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Keene.
      • Nassau County
      • This Keene is located in Nassau County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Keene.
    • Kansas
      • Wabaunsee County
      • This Keene is located in Wabaunsee County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabaunsee County community of Keene.
    • Kentucky
      • Jessamine County
      • This Keene is located in Jessamine County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Keene.
    • Nebraska
      • Kearney County
      • This Keene is located in Kearney County and lies 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kearney County community of Keene.
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Keene is located in Cheshire County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Keene.
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • This Keene is located in Essex County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Keene.
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Keene [Jefferson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Durham County
      • This Keene is located in Durham County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Keene.
    • North Dakota
      • McKenzie County
      • This Keene is located in McKenzie County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKenzie County community of Keene.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Keene is located in Coshocton County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Keene.
    • Texas
      • Johnson County
      • This Keene is located in Johnson County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Keene.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Keene is located in Albemarle County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Keene.
    • Wisconsin
      • Portage County
      • This Keene is located in Portage County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Keene.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Keene ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Assumption
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assumption came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Cold Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Crystal Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Downers Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Five Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Hall Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hiawatha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Indian River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
  • Little Germany
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Robin Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Yankee Bonnet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Bonnet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Bonnet
  • Zion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Keene to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Keene to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Keene and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Keene to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,716 miles [9,199 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,444 miles [10,370.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,322 miles [6,955.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Keene. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keene) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2500, Longitude: -78.1667    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Keene could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Keene to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.15 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.574 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.038 degrees.









 

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